Most influential century?

Which is the most influential century?

  • Xth

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • XIth

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • XIIth

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • XIIIth

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • XIVth

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • XVth

    Votes: 2 9.5%
  • XVIth

    Votes: 4 19.0%
  • XVIIth

    Votes: 2 9.5%
  • XVIIIth

    Votes: 2 9.5%
  • XIXth

    Votes: 5 23.8%
  • XXth

    Votes: 5 23.8%

  • Total voters
    21
Hey y'all!

I was wondering which century would you consider the most influential past the Xth?
I restricted to the last ten centuries to make it easier to answer.

What I mean by most influential is the century that changed the face of the Earth the most and had the biggest impact on the course of human history.

I would argue it's the XVIth century with the intrusion of Europeans in the Indian Ocean and the Americas and completely disrupting any pre-existing network. It changed the face of the Indian Ocean, brought richess to Europe beyond dreams, not even mentioning the effects on the Americas...

I'm curious to read your thoughts!
 
For this is impossible to answer. Many centuries had so huge influence that it changed later centuries too. There not be clear answer.
 
Shouldn't centuries become more influential the farther you go back? (i.e. the ripple effect of peoples' actions becomes stronger) If your point of divergence in a timeline is in the BCs, posters will often say that the world will be unrecognizable. . .
 

Abhakhazia

Banned
I'd say the 8th century was probably more important to give us Europe (and the Americas) as we know it than any of these.

Can't speak much for the rest of the world.
 
If you are talking about the amount of change in ordinary peoples' lives in a given century, then it HAS to be the 20th century, with the 19th century the runner-up. Prior to 1800 the average person's life was short and incredibly poor (by modern standards). It was the technological advances of the Industrial era that ultimately changed this. This far overshadows in importance the specifics of which dynasty happens to rule over you.
 
If you are talking about the amount of change in ordinary peoples' lives in a given century, then it HAS to be the 20th century, with the 19th century the runner-up. Prior to 1800 the average person's life was short and incredibly poor (by modern standards). It was the technological advances of the Industrial era that ultimately changed this. This far overshadows in importance the specifics of which dynasty happens to rule over you.

When it comes to one person's lifetime yes, but the fall of the Roman Empire and the Germanic Migrations shaped the map of Europe to give us the modern nations we have today so the far-reaching implications of Magyars coming to the Danube are more important to history than the more recent Iraq War, IMHO.
 

Yun-shuno

Banned
When it comes to one person's lifetime yes, but the fall of the Roman Empire and the Germanic Migrations shaped the map of Europe to give us the modern nations we have today so the far-reaching implications of Magyars coming to the Danube are more important to history than the more recent Iraq War, IMHO.
I think the Iraq war and other early 21st century events could have ripples far into the future don't cha think?
 

Yun-shuno

Banned
But right now, they do not.
Well yes but's the point of future history and speculative history in general.

Imagine in the year 2103 a hundred years after the Iraq war on a website like this asks a question WI No Iraq War, today the POD might not have visible consequences farther into the future though I think they will become clearer?

As an actual example-there was a preacher from Nazareth who was hung on a tree, his followers claimed he was resurrected and was the way for man to
be reconciled to God. What would history be like if that were not so. If the question has been asked say in the year 70 AD or 200 AD it would fairly irrelevant, today it is a lot bigger deal.

The same principle applies to events like 9/11 or the Iraq War or Orange Spring or rise of China or the 2008 financial crisis.
 
XXth is the correct answer(;)). Larger population, faster transport and communication, therefore there was "more" history and it "moved" "quicker".
 
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